November 7, 2009
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America The Betrayed – Walt Whitman: “Poet of the People” By Richard C Cook
If you want to get an idea of what America once was like, read the poems of Walt Whitman.Whitman was born on Long Island in 1819 and grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. His family was poor, but even though he left school at the age of 11 he gave himself an education by reading and… Continue reading
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Israel: Remote control occupation?
This week, the chief Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erakat, announced that because Israeli settlements continue to grow (with de facto US support) and annex the land planned for a future Palestine, the Palestinians may have to abandon hopes for an independent state. He therefore urged Palestinians to fight for one democratic state where all citizens will… Continue reading
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Everything About Nidal Malik Hasan Screams “Patsy” By Paul Joseph Watson
The Empire strikes back – right when when public support for the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan sinks to all time lows, an anti-war Islamic extremist with links to suicide bombers goes on a shooting rampage at a U.S. army base, reinvigorating support for the war on terror and demonizing opposition to it as anti-American… Continue reading
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PAUL MCGEOUGH IN KABUL: US fed up with troops dying to prop up Karzai
When Hamid Karzai breasted the microphone at the presidential palace on October 20, to make an oblique admission that he attempted to steal the election and would go along with the second poll which he had resisted for weeks, he was flanked by a high-powered international posse – lest he depart from the agreed script Continue reading
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Alan Hart – How Zionist lobby stooges in Congress brought shame to their institution
As expected, the U.S. House of Representatives voted, on Tuesday 3 November, by 344 votes to 36, to urge the Obama administration to oppose endorsement of the Goldstone Report. But for those who are interested in truth and justice, not to mention democracy, the highlight of what passed for debate was the two-minute contribution of… Continue reading
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Adam Shapiro speaks about Gaza’s suffering from Israel
7 November, 2009 — Palestine Think Tank http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.3857356 more about “Adam Shapiro speaks about Gaza’s suff…“, posted with vodpod Adam Shapiro is an American co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). Continue reading
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Yuriy RUBTSOV Two Decades of Hopes and Disillusionments at the Ruins of the Berlin Wall
The whole picture, however, does not look so cloudlessly optimistic two decades after the event. It became a prologue to the violation of the global balance of forces and the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the XX century — the collapse of the Soviet Union and the bipolar world. The loss of one of its pillars… Continue reading
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U.S.: “War Comes Home” with Ft. Hood Shootings By Dahr Jamail
While investigators probe for a motive behind the mass shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas Thursday, in which an army psychiatrist is suspected of killing 13 people, military personnel at the base are in shock as the incident “brings the war home”. Continue reading
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Mass Shooting Indicates Breakdown of Military By Dahr Jamail
The soldier says that the mood on the base is “very grim,” and that even before this incident, troop morale has been very low. “I’d say it’s at an all-time low – mostly because of Afghanistan now,” he explained. “Nobody knows why we are at either place, and I believe the troops need to know… Continue reading
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NYC Mayoral Race: The best ‘democracy’ money can buy
The New York City mayoral race has ripped the mask off of this country’s “democratic” system. The race has been all about money from the very start. For one, in the biggest economic crisis in decades, the Democratic and Republican parties are offering New Yorkers a choice between a former banker (William Thompson) and a… Continue reading
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Cunning Micheletti Determined to Outfox Zelaya, Insouciant U.S. Diplomats; Meanwhile, Clinton Delivers a Likely Fatal Blow to Ousted Honduran President Zelaya’s Already Grim Prospects
After adamantly rejecting all attempted negotiations, the Honduran de facto government signed an agreement on October 29th ostensibly opening space for a potential resolution to the country’s four-month standoff. The agreement called for the formation of a unity government that will assume power and oversee the November 29th presidential elections. But even under the most… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 